There are 7 ways to get from Whitsunday Island to Brisbane by unknown, plane, train, bus, or ferry
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Travel to Great Barrier Reef Airport, fly to Brisbane Airport
best- Walk from Whitsunday Island to Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI)unknown
- Fly from Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI) to Brisbane Airport (BNE)plane HTI - BNE
2h 30mTravel, train
- Walk from Whitsunday Island to Proserpineunknown
- Take the train from Proserpine to Roma Streettrain Spirit of Queensland
16h 37mTravel, bus
- Walk from Whitsunday Island to Airlie Beachunknown
- Take the bus from Airlie Beach to Brisbane Roma Streetbus Pm19
19h 27mTravel to Whitsunday Coast Airport, fly to Brisbane Airport, train
- Walk from Whitsunday Island to Palm Bayunknown
- Fly from Whitsunday Coast Airport (PPP) to Brisbane Airport (BNE)plane PPP - BNE
- Take the train from International Airport Station to Central station, platform 1train
5h 7mTravel, bus to Mackay, fly to Brisbane Airport
- Walk from Whitsunday Island to Airlie Beachunknown
- Take the bus from Airlie Beach to Mackaybus
- Fly from Mackay (MKY) to Brisbane Airport (BNE)plane MKY - BNE
7h 18mTravel to Great Barrier Reef Airport, fly to Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport, bus
- Walk from Whitsunday Island to Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI)unknown
- Fly from Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI) to Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport (WTB)plane HTI - WTB
- Take the bus from Toowoomba to Brisbanebus
21h 6mTravel, ferry, bus
- Walk from Whitsunday Island to Hamilton Island Marinaunknown
- Take the ferry from Hamilton Island Marina to Port of Airlieferry
- Take the bus from Airlie Beach to Brisbanebus
23h 22m
Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI) to Brisbane Airport (BNE) flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between Whitsunday Island and Brisbane is 915 km.
The best way to get from Whitsunday Island to Brisbane without a car is to travel and train which takes 16h 37m and costs .
It takes approximately 2h 30m to get from Whitsunday Island to Brisbane, including transfers.
There are 2509+ hotels available in Brisbane.
What companies run services between Whitsunday Island, QLD, Australia and Brisbane, QLD, Australia?
There is no direct connection from Whitsunday Island to Brisbane. However, you can travel to Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI) airport, fly to Brisbane Airport (BNE), walk to International Airport Station, then take the train to Central station, platform 1. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Whitsunday Island to Roma Street via Proserpine in around 16h 37m.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Great Barrier Reef Airport to Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Whitsunday Coast Airport to Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Mackay to Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–420
Flights from Mackay to Brisbane Airport via Rockhampton
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–420
Flights from Great Barrier Reef Airport to Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–3,100
Flights from Great Barrier Reef Airport to Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport via Brisbane Airport, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–3,200
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Great Barrier Reef Airport to Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–430
Flights from Whitsunday Coast Airport to Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–600
Flights from Mackay to Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–290
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Whitsunday Coast Airport to Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Mackay to Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–260
- Website
- rex.com.au
Flights from Great Barrier Reef Airport to Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport via Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Great Barrier Reef Airport to Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport via Sydney, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
- Phone
- 1800 872 467
- Website
- queenslandrailtravel.com.au
Train from Proserpine to Roma Street
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–3,972
- Book at
- https://queenslandrailtravel-booking.opendestinations.com/BookingSite/rail/search
- Website
- https://www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au/Pages/Timetable.aspx
- BQuick
- $110–160
- AChoice
- $200–260
- Gold Class
- $3,171
- Heritage Class
- $3,972
- Phone
- 13 12 30
- Website
- translink.com.au
Train from International Airport Station to Central station, platform 1
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- https://translink.com.au/
- Phone
- 13 34 10
- [email protected]
- Website
- premierms.com.au
Bus from Airlie Beach to Brisbane Roma Street
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–220
- Website
- https://premierms.com.au/
Bus from Airlie Beach to Mackay
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Website
- https://premierms.com.au/
- Phone
- 1300 473946
- [email protected]
- Website
- greyhound.com.au
Bus from Airlie Beach to Mackay
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/timetables
- Early Bird
- $35–55
- Advantage
- $35–55
- Flexible
- $40–60
Bus from Toowoomba to Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/timetables
- Early Bird
- $30–45
- Advantage
- $30–45
- Flexible
- $30–50
Bus from Airlie Beach to Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $200–450
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/timetables
- Early Bird
- $200–280
- Advantage
- $240–360
- Flexible
- $310–450
- Phone
- (61) 13 22 51
- [email protected]
- Website
- murrays.com.au
Bus from Toowoomba to Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Schedules at
- murrays.com.au
- Phone
- +617 4846 7000
- [email protected]
- Website
- cruisewhitsundays.com
Ferry from Hamilton Island Marina to Port of Airlie
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–170
- Schedules at
- cruisewhitsundays.com
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